New Year's Resolution: Quinn Wharton

Successful ballet dancers all share one trait: a relentless determination to improve. To close out 2012, Pointe reached out to dancers we covered this past year to find out their resolutions for the next one.

Name: Quinn Wharton

Company: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, formerly San Francisco Ballet

Resolutions: "I don't really believe in setting things anew on a particular day, but I do like the idea of reaffirming your goals for the future. Something nice to measure your progress against.

1) Cultivate creativity more. Allow room to be open to eccentric ideas and to actually pursue them. Particularly in my photography.